Technology/People
Reaping the advantages of Basel II
PRACTITIONER ANALYSIS
CLS currency settlement system goes live
FRONT PAGE NEWS
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Clearing the obstacles
Credit quality is essential to every energy firm’s success, as recent problems at Aquila and Dynegy attest. Couple this with the post-Enron threat of increased regulation for OTC energy derivatives and it is clear that the energy trading market needs…
Equity poses the big questions
Roundtable
KWI joins national energy committee
Software provider KWI has become the latest company to join the executive committee of the National Energy Marketers Association (Nem), a trade body representing energy, telecoms and financial services marketers and consumers.
Front in new sales drive
Stockholm-based trading and risk management technology provider Front Capital Systems, an operating unit of SunGard Trading Systems, has made two key sales appointments to support the company’s global expansion. Front has recruited Stephen Butcher to…
Challenging times for CROs
Chief risk officers
Industry On Alert
A joint finance-technology-government effort to safeguard the market infrastructure has already resulted in a secret command center and preliminary guidelines for industry-wide best practices.
Standard Chartered's New Risk Architecture
An enterprise-wide risk engine will better integrate risk measurement with business decisions.
Chief risk officers
Risk is the business of insurance companies, but risk management in the sector is not nearly as developed as it is in the banking industry. Now, a new crop of chief risk officers will be trying to change all that.
A perfect match
Alliances and consolidation